Hosiery-tipping plate



F. CURTIN.

HUSIERY TIPPING PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 19, 1919.

1,349,410. Patentemug. 10,1920.`

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HOSIERY TIPPING PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I9, 1919.

1,849,410. Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

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"w y N II Mil@ bij UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK CUB/TIN, F GLOVERSVILLE,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO CURTIN-HEBERT COMPANY, INC., OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEVI YORK.

HOSIERY-TIPPING PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 15920.

Application led November 19, n1919. Serial No. 339,038.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK CUnriN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, county of Fulton, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hosiery-Tipping Plates, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. Y

ln the manufacture of the high grades of hosiery it is customary to cut the stocking out of piece of knitted fabric in two sections. The heel and toe portions are reinforced, on the inside, with additional pieces of the fabric and the two sections joined together by seams.

in securing the reinforcements, it is desirable that they be secured in such manner that the stitches at the point of junction with the body of the fabric be relatively in visible on the outside of the stocking.

rllhe methods heretofore used in securing the reinforcements have failed to produce the desired invisibility of stitch and are so slow as to seriously impair economic production of hosiery of this character.

My invention has for its object to provide 'means to hold the stocking sections and reinforcements and feed them to the sewing machine in such a manner as to insure the accuracy and relative invisibility of the stitch and which, at the same time, will permit of the work being done with a maximum of speed, by comparatively unskilled hands, and greatly increase production.

rhe device involving my invention may be readily adapted to any suitable sewing machine, as, for example, the Brosser or Polmateer overstitch machines.

l will now proceed to describe my invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which l have illustrated a preferred embodiment thereof and in which like symbols refer to like parts in the various views.

.lfigure l is a plan view of the upper part of the foot portion and the heel of a stocking.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lower part of the foot portion of a stocking.

F ig. 3 is a plan view of a reinforcing piece for the toe.

Fig. d is a plan view of a reinforcing piece for the heel.

Eig. 5 is a horizontal elevation of my hosiery tipping plate associated with a part of the sewing machine.

Fig. 6 is an end view partly in section of the same.

F ig. 7 is a diagrammatic sectional view of my hosiery tipping plate with the goods in place for stitching.

fteferring to Figs. i-i: The stocking is finished by folding the piece a on the line 7J- sewing the edges of the upper foot piece c to the edges of the lower foot piece (Z, and the edges of the heel sections c to each other and to the rear of the lower-foot piece; the leg section, seamed up. Before finishing the stocking, the heel is reinforced by securing a reinforcing piece f' to each of the heel sections c along the line .Q -g, while the toe is reinforced loy securing a reinforcing piece la to each of the toe sections z' along the lines jhj. The free ends of the reinforcing pieces are secured in the seams joining the heel and toe sections together.

Referring to Figs. 5-7z To a plate 7c preferably made of aluminum is secured a stiffening strip Z, flush with its lower edge. Opposite to the strip Z and spaced from the lower edge of the plate is secured a horizontally extending rack bar m. A thin Vtop plate n having a straight edge, partially beveled, is secured to the upper portion of the plate Zt', the plate being bent back to permit the top plate to lie flush with the plate Ze. Adjacent the straight edge n, a stiffening strip o is securedrto the top plate. .llows of pins p, p', extending laterally from the top plate, extend horizontally, one row on each side thereof.

cover g, extending from the rack bar to a point adjacent one of the rows of pins p and forming a pocket with the plate 7c, is hinged to the top of the rack bar. A. series of clamps r extending above one of the rows of pins p" are hinged to the plate 7c opposite to the cover g. Each clamp is provided at its lower end with a tail s, extending through an aperture t in the plate, into contact with' a flat spring u secured to the plate and adapted to force the upper edge of the clamp against the top plate.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have illustrated the attachment of my tipping plate to an overA stitch machine of the Brosser horizontal needle type. The lower edge of the plate /c not shown, is then rests on the rollers fv suitably supportedon the ,frame y of the machine, While the top plate lis guided by theV cups w, above Which it extends slightly, vin `order that the stitching mechanism, may. operate on .the goeds. A pinion supported by the machine and suitably driven meshes with the rack bar m and ycauses the plate Ato 'travel horizontally, as the stitching operation progresses ln pr etice, the cover g is opened out and the body of thestoclzing section `engaged on the pinsp '@nevof the heel sections c is then drawn over the straight edgeev-ith Asome tensionzso vthat the zline g-g coincides with the edge. The clamps r are retracted and the ybody sof the heel section engaged with the The l'heel reintorcement isV then placed against the heel'section iv-ith the edge g', g:adjacent the line g-gof-the heel section e onzthestraight edge. The reinforcement is engaged bythe roW of pins p" and the clamps r closed to securely yhold it in placefall as shown in Fig. .7.

The stocking section is then folded so that the tivo sections c' `may lbe drawn over Ythe straighteclge along the line and the reinforcement piece 7L is positioned `relative to the .toe vin 'the same manner the heel portion and its reinforcement.

'llhesectioncl and its toe yreinforcement are secured in the plate inthe saine manner.

The leg portion of the stocking is disposed inthe pocket formed by the cover (if and the cover g closed. The plate then placedonthelroller fu and `pushed forti' l untilsthe top plate is between the cups @o and the pinion a engages the rack. 'Elie machine Vis then started and the plate moves horizontally presenting the Work to the needle a.

vltrvill beseen helden both-sides-of the top tension ofthe fabric overtlie edge positively maintained, Which,'in connecting with the narrovvness of the edge, insures that the thatthe fabric is positively plate and the lneedle will not `penetrate more `than one or,

israele at the most, tivo threads of the fabric and thus permitting it to secure the reinforcements with a stitch vvhichvv'il'l be relatively on is greatly increased with resultant 1n-V creased production.

.lt Will be nnderstoodlthat the plate may be of any convenient length and that a number of heels and toes `-ma-y be carried 4in it at one time, .the leg portions of the stocking being thoroughly protected by the cover q.

:Having-now fully Adescribed `iny invention, what l claimand desi-reto protect by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination viith Ireciprocable needle, `and a Vtraveling `plate ,aording a straight edge movableinto operative relation with the needle and over which a fabric maybe drawn, of two rovvsof pins zprojecting ,laterally from opposite sides of said plate beneath said straight edgeand adapted to :engage the fabric and hold it properly positioned .and tensioned, one of said rows of pins adapted also to engagea reinforcing piece to afford a definite free length of rein forcing @piece extendingabove the last named rovv of pins, anda clampadapted to confine the previously positioned reinforcing piece against that part of the fabric on one side of and adjacent the straight edge.

,2. The combination with a hosiery tipping plate having a `straight edge, means to enfabricon opposite sides of said edge, a cover hinged to said plate and forming a pocket for the fabric, a clamp hinged to said plate opposite to said cover, a tail extending from the lower part of said clamp and extending throngh an aperture in said plate, and .a spring secured to said `plate and adapted 'toiact on said tail.

ln testimony of which invention, l have hereunto-set my hand, at Gloveisville, N. Y., onthis 15th day of November, 19l9.

` FRANK CURTIN. 

